But Was It Really That Much Of A Surprise ?

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Charlton, Rotherham and Leeds

Then Brighton and Reading too,

Five games at home where we missed

Many points some thought we were due

Three drawn and two lost from those

All lowlier placed than ourselves,

Should have proved that something´s missing

If we´re to reach the upper shelves

Even last week we tried hard

To throw a three goal lead away,

So defeat here should not leave us

In surprise or that much dismay

I´ll admit that even with A. Neil

Today I had us down to draw,

Brentford deserve their high spot

But I didn´t think we´d be that poor

He knows now the size of the task

And I still back him to succeed,

Whether it will still be this year

Is harder to predict, indeed

Consistency, work ethic, fight

Three big words in his working day,

Which the players, not he, must address

If we are still to have hopes, come May. OTBC